Other people do the work.

You simply skim the surface of things.

You are merely a looker-on." "A very intelligent looker-on, though," said Charlie, in a tone she did not wholly understand.
"And if I don't do anything worth doing, it is possibly lack of opportunity, isn't it?
I can do many things, from driving engines to playing skittles.

Take a man for what he is, not for what he does! It is the only fair estimate.

Otherwise the blatant fools get all the honey." Molly uttered a scornful little laugh.
"This is paltry," she exclaimed.